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Talking Headways Podcast: The Overlap of Public Transit and Homelessness

By Jeff Wood | Feb 17, 2023 | No Comments

Here's a very good conversation about the need for more federal agency coordination among transportation, health, and human services as well as how transit agencies are tackling the issues vulnerable populations face.

Council Member Alexa Aviles, with Rep. Dan Goldman behind her, demanding the city crack down on last-mile trucking facilities during a rally outside City Hall back in February. Aviles says the city must also redesign its truck routes. Photo: New York City Council

Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 16, 2023 | No Comments

Pols and advocates seeking to rein in the “last-mile” distribution facilities that are proliferating in low-income communities of color demanded — again — on Thursday that the city crack down on the gas-guzzling trucks ruining their neighborhoods.

Mayor Adams isn't keen on Gov. Hochul asking for $500 million to close the MTA's budget gap. Photos: Kevin Duggan/Dave Colon

Adams To Albany: Someone Fund The MTA; Albany To Adams: Someone Fund The MTA

By Dave Colon and Kevin Duggan | Feb 16, 2023 | No Comments

The fight to fill the MTA's fiscal hole is entering the dreaded Punt Zone, where elected officials from the governor and the State Legislature to the mayor all unite to say someone else has got to solve their problem.

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Issues & Campaigns

Talking Headways Podcast: The Overlap of Public Transit and Homelessness

Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities

Adams To Albany: Someone Fund The MTA; Albany To Adams: Someone Fund The MTA

Inside How — and Why — Insurance Companies Sell Policies to the Most Dangerous Drivers

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Opinion: DOT’s Delancey Street Median Plan Should Just Be the Start of Major Improvements